Within neighborhood
50
th percentile
Moderate
Neighborhood · Ranked #3,797 of 84,120 nationally
South Amboy Junction Eviction Risk: High , Perth Amboy
Tract 34023005000 · Middlesex County, NJ · pop 5,237 · neighborhood within 1.0 mi
34023005000 is a census tract in the South Amboy Junction area of Perth Amboy, NJ. It scores 9.1/10 for landlords. It sits 3.4 points above the Middlesex County average of 5.7.
Risk score
9.1
High
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 32%
Stable renters 30%
Owners 38%
Tract context
Occupied units1,535
Renter share62.0%
SVI overall0.94
Poverty rate16.3%
Median income$91,875
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
0
th percentile
Very Low
Within county
90
th percentile
High
Within state
92
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Perth Amboy and the region
Centroid at 40.5006, -74.2688 · click any tract to drill in
Why South Amboy Junction scores 9.1
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Perth Amboy
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.1
State political climate
New Jersey legislature & governorship
6.8
Economic stress
16.3% poverty · this tract
4.1
Supply constraint
$1,735 rent vs county FMR
3.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Perth Amboy
8.7
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
6.9
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Perth Amboy
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Perth Amboy
8.3
How South Amboy Junction compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 94
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 95%Socioeconomic
- 88%Household composition
- 91%Racial/ethnic minority
- 72%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 72Total filings over 1 yrs
- 7.49%Avg annual filing rate
- 7.5%Peak (2015)
- 72Filings in 2015 (latest validated)
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within South Amboy Junction. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 25.9%Housing insecurity
- 13.0%Utility-shutoff threat
- 31.6%Food insecurity
- 18.1%SNAP enrollment
- 14.3%Transit barriers
- 30.8%No health insurance
- 16.8%Frequent mental distress
- 34.0%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in South Amboy Junction
Severe burden reaches 35%. Those are renters paying half their income or more, and that is where non-payment filings originate. What pushes it up most is tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Adults with no health insurance runs 30.8% against 11.3% nationally. On the high side, court filing pressure reads 9/10.
Sitting well above the midpoint, rent-regulation exposure reads 8.7/10. Housing insecurity runs 25.9% against 14.2% nationally. Cost burden runs roughly one in two here against 44.9% across Middlesex County.
The filing record is not thin: 72 evictions over 1 years of observation. The worst year on record was 2015, when 7.5% of renter households were served. In a typical year about 7.5% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 95% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model.
Tract-level figures come from the ACS 5-year release and are rebuilt whenever that, the court-record feed, or the statutory ledger behind the score changes.
Frequently asked
About tract 34023005000
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 34023005000?
Census tract 34023005000 in the South Amboy Junction neighborhood scores 9.1/10 (High tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 34023005000?
Median gross rent is $1,735/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 51% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 34023005000?
16.3% of residents in tract 34023005000 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 5,237.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 34023005000?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 94th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 95th, household 88th, minority 91th, housing 72th.
Q5
Is tract 34023005000 considered part of South Amboy Junction?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 34023005000 fall within South Amboy Junction (neighborhood centroid within 1.0 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 34023005000?
Princeton eviction risk Eviction Lab recorded 72 eviction filings across 1 validated years in tract 34023005000 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 7.49% of renter households, peaking at 7.5% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
What share of households in tract 34023005000 struggle to pay rent?
About 25.9% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 13.0% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q8
How does tract 34023005000 compare to Perth Amboy overall?
Tract 34023005000 scores 9.1/10, higher than the parent city of Perth Amboy at 7.9/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Perth Amboy eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Perth Amboy
Top eight tracts in Perth Amboy ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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Maurer
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Hopelawn
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Hopelawn
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Maurer
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Hopelawn
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Tottenville
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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Charleston
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
Tract · NJ
Tottenville
9.3
/ 10 · Very High
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